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Shanghai - April 2008

MSF Q2 2008 Techinical Meeting in Shanghai, China sponsored by China Mobile


Julianne Fitzpatrick (AMS) and Zhang Hao (China Mobile) enjoy dinner cruise hosted by China Mobile MSF Members on the Dinner Cruise on the HuangPu River


MSF members on the dinner cruise hosted by China Mobile Mike Bick, Stephen Price & Ashley Wright enjoy views of Shanghai on the cruise.

Amsterdam - July 2007

Kristin Harris (UNH-IOL), Dan Warren (Vodafone), Chris Gallon (Fujitsu) and Richard Dagnall (Iometrix) discuss certification and interoperability during the MSF Educational Session Certification and Interoperability: The Future of the MSF


MSF Vice President Jim McEachern moderates the discussion. Kristin Harris and Dan Warren


Dan Warren and Chris Gallon Chris Gallon and Richard Dagnall

Montreal - April 2007



MSF members listen to a presentation at the 2007 Q2 meeting in Montreal MSF VIce President Jim McEachern (Nortel) welcomes members to the Nortel-sponsored membership dinner at Le Cabaret du Roy.


Naseem Khan, Satoshi Miyayama, Frank Suraci, Arye Ephrath and Akira Kurokawa at the membership dinner in Montreal. RIchard Kaczmarek, Tom Taylor, Anil Gupta and Bhumip Khasnabish at the membership dinner in Montreal.


Chris Gallon, Roger Ward, Jim McEachern and Mike Bick at the membership dinner in Montreal Overhead view of MSFers enjoying the Nortel-sponsored membership dinner at Le Cabaret du Roy.

Spring VON - March 2007



MSF Pavilion at Spring VON 2007 Bernard Bear shows off the MSF program for Spring VON 2007


ETRI showcased a demonstration in the MSF Pavilion at Spring VON. Chanh Phung chairs the panel "IMS Soup: What's in the Mix" with Gordon Beith and Betsey Covell in the MSF Theater.


Jim McEachern presents "ENUM for Dummies" in the MSF Theater. Pierre Lynch presents "A-IMS: What's in a Name?" in the MSF Theater.


Martin Taylor presents "Emergence of IMS Applications" in the MSF Theater. Richard Dagnall presents "Certification Testing: Case Study of a Success Story" in the MSF Theater.


John Wullert presents "Emergence of IMS Applications in MSF Architecture." Seamus Hourihan presents "IMS: Right or Wrong."


Gordon Beith presents during the panel session "IMS Deployment: Where, When, Why & How." Jim McEachern, Gordon Beith and Andy Huckridge take questions from the audience in the MSF Theater.


Andy Huckridge presents during the panel session "IMS Deployment: Where, When, Why & How." Olov Schelén presents "GMI 2006 Deep Dive: QoS."

NetEvents Evian - February 2007


MSF President Roger Ward and MSF Interoperability Working Group Chair Andy Huckridge participate in a panel debate session at NetEvents in Evian, France.

Hong Kong - January 2007



Ken Mills, David Hutton, Claire Mandeville, Ian Jenkins, Mike Bick and Kari Revier at dinner in Hong Kong. Michael Owens, Ken Mills, Dave Hutton, Claire Mandeville, Ian Jenkins and Mike Bick in Hong Kong.


Daytime view from the top of The Peak. Nighttime view from the top of The Peak.

Vancouver - June 2006



Stuart Walker leads the Architecture Working Group meeting in Vancouver. Members checked out the record number of participants signed up for GMI 2006.

The meeting was packed as MSF began the run-up to GMI 2006.

Nagoya - October 2005


Koichi Suda speaks on "What Carriers Need From Vendors and Standard Bodies to Accomplish Their NGN Vision" at the NTT-sponsored carriers program at the MSF meeting in Nagoya. Kumiko Sudo, Eun-Ho Choi, Byung-Sun Lee, Naseem Khan, Tatsuro Murakami, Roger Ward, Mark Carroll and Paul Drew

Technical Committee Chair, Avri Doria, addresses the membership in Nagoya.

Ottawa - July 2005



Jim McEachern and a colleague from Nortel demonstrates IMS technology at the MSF's tutorial and social in Vancouver. Cathi Lane and Andy Jones at the MSF meeting in Ottawa.

SUPERCOMM - June 2005



MSF President Roger Ward greets visitors to the MSF booth. Erick Sasaki and Hirofumi Yokoi of NTT pose in front of the MSF booth.


Roger Ward gets ready to film a segment on MSF for the Discovery Channel Mamoru Oishi and Erick Sasaki presented a video showcasing the use of MSF architecture in NTT's network

Broadband World Forum - June 2005


Panelists from the plenary session at Broadband World Forum in Yokohama, Japan: Hisashi Tada, Vice-Chair TMF (NEC); Alain Le Roux, Chair, ETSI TISPAN (France Telecom); Chae-Sub Lee, Chair, ITU-t SG 13 NGN Focus Group (Korea Telecom); Roger Ward, MSF President (BT); Kiyoshi Miyazaki, Editor in Chief, Nikkei Business Publications

San Francisco - February 2005


Neil Anderson (Spirent), Jim McEachern (Nortel) and Mark Carroll (Cisco) at the Cisco-sponsored wine tasting event (joint with the MFA) at First Crush in San Francisco MSF Technical Committee Chair Avri Doria (ETRI) and MFA VP of Marketing Gary Leonard (Riverstone Networks)

Atlanta - November 2004


Brian Down (Marconi), Wayne Cutler (Marconi), Dave Francisco (Siemens) and Andy Huckridge (Spirent) Kouji Sato (Mitsubishi Electric), Tatsuro Murakami (NTT), Satoshi Miyayama (NTT) and Yasuyuki Matsuoka (NTT)


Peter Chang (Cisco) and Brian Tolly (GMI 2004 Technical Coordinator) MA&E Vice Chair Jason Grooms (Leapstone) and MA&E Chair Neil Anderson (Spirent)

Fall VON - October 2004


MSF President Roger Ward (BT) explains the GMI 2004 network at the MSF's Birds of a Feather Session.  Other panelists included Joe Glynn (Qwest), Jim McEachern (Nortel), Chris Daniel (Leapstone), Mark Carroll (Cisco) and Neil Anderson (Spirent). Joe Glynn (Qwest) address attendees at the MSF's Birds of a Feather session at Fall VON 2004.  The MSF took this session as an opportunity to discuss the results of GMI 2004, which was completed the previous week.

GMI 2004 - October 2004


Participants at KT Technology Lab in Daejeon, South Korea take a moment to stretch before returning to testing. Participants at  BTexact Technologies Centre in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK work to test MSF implementation agreements.
Participants at  Qwest Labs in Dublin, Ohio check equipment during the GMI 2004 testing. Participants at  Qwest Labs in Dublin, Ohio relax at dinner on the evening before the last day of testing.

GMI 2004 participants at KT's lab in Daejeon address members of the press.

Singapore - January 2004


Thomas Borrel (Navtel Communications) and Egied Dekoster (Belgacom) enjoy the Navtel-sponsored membership dinner on January 27 in Singapore. Andy Huckridge (Spirent Communications), Michael Condry (Intel) and Chris Gallon (Fujitsu) at the Navtel-sponsored membership dinner.


Andy Huckridge addresses MSF members at the Spirent-sponsored luncheon on January 28. Technical Coordinator Brian Tolly gets members fired up about participating in GMI 2004 at the closing Plenary on January 29.

MSF Presents The Carriers Program - October 2003


Bill Myrtle (Telus), Peter Willis (BT), Hongbeom Jeon (KT), Tadanobu Okada (NTT), Joe Glynn (Qwest) and Sungtae Cha (SK Telecom) participate in the Carriers Program at the MSF's 5th Anniversary Meeting in Vancouver. Carriers Program panelists respond to questions posed by moderator Scott Raynovich of Light Reading.

ITU-T 2003 Informal Forum Summit - July 2003

MSF President Roger Ward (second from right) dines with ITU-TSB Director Houlin Zhao at the ITU-T 2003 Informal Forum Summit in San Francisco.

SUPERCOMM - June 2003

The MSF at SUPERCOMM 2003 in Atlanta.

Orlando, Florida - January 2003

Guy Grindborg, Chris Daniel, and Pieter Poll toast to the success of GMI 2002.

Jeju, South Korea - October 2002
Ice sculpture from the Samsung-sponsored Membership Dinner in Jeju.
Dr. Young Cheol Oh of Samsung welcomes MSF Members to Jeju during the Membership Dinner.
Ice sculpture from the Samsung-sponsored Membership Dinner in Jeju. Dr. Young Cheol Oh of Samsung welcomes MSF Members to Jeju during the Membership Dinner.
MSF Members dance with the entertainers at the Membership Dinner in Jeju.
MSF Members at the Samsung-sponsored Membership Dinner.
MSF Members dance with the entertainers at the Membership Dinner in Jeju. MSF Members at the Samsung-sponsored Membership Dinner.

SUPERCOMM - June 2002
MSF MAE Chair Guy Grindborg talks about the MSF Release 1 Architecture Guidelines at SUPERCOMM.
MSF MAE Chair Guy Grindborg talks about the MSF Release 1 Architecture Guidelines at SUPERCOMM 2002 in Atlanta.

Rome, Italy - April 2002
MSF members listen during a session at the 2002 Q2 Technical Committee Meeting in Rome.
MSF members listen during a session at the 2002 Q2 Technical Committee Meeting in Rome.

SuperNet - January 2002
MSF was an Associate Sponsor of SuperNet 2002.
MSF Board Member Brian Down explains the MSF Architecture.
MSF was an Associate Sponsor of SuperNet 2002 in Santa Clara. MSF Board Member Brian Down (Marconi) explains the MSF Architecture.

Kyoto, Japan - November 2001
After lunch at Shozan, the MSF group stops for a picture.  9 November 2001.
After lunch at Shozan, the MSF group stops for a picture.


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